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Have a memorial release with balloons or butterflies. Look through old photos with friends and family. Plant a tree, shrub, or flowers and visit it. Create a memorial website or facebook page. Donate to their favorite charity. Eat or cook their favorite food. Write them a letter, poem or song. How do you honor someone […]

Top 10 In Loving Memory Quotes for an Inscription Always in our hearts. Always on my mind, forever in my heart. You’ll be with me forever. Gone yet not forgotten. May the winds of heaven blow softly and whisper in your ear. You may be gone from my sight but you are never gone from […]

2 Use cold water. Using hot, or ever warm water can increase the fade of the colors on your shirt. Heat, no matter how it is applied, breaks down the fibers in your shirt and on the graphics. Minimizing contact with heat can increase the longevity of your garment. Graphic tees don’t like boiling hot […]

Using pinking shears to stop fraying Most sewers and crafters will have a pair of pinking shears in their toolbox. These zig zag edged scissors will prevent fraying edges on most types of fabrics. Line the shears up as close to the edge as possible, without slipping off the fabric, then cut in a crisp, […]

one that strings. Definition of stringer 1 : one that strings. 2 : a string, wire, or chain often with snaps on which fish are strung by a fisherman. 3 : a narrow vein or irregular filament of mineral traversing a rock mass of different material. What is a stringer in construction terms? A stringer […]

In excessively hard water, the fabric fibers can actually break and create holes due to the amount of mineral coating. What do hard water stains look like on clothes? If your laundry has gray streaks, yellow stains, dinginess or powdery residue, hard water could be the villain. Hard water is water with a high level […]

Spin Cycle Speeds If you don’t have your washer manual with this information, call the manufacturer or find one online. Spinning too rapidly can pull clothing into the tiny holes and crevices of the washer drum and cause fibers to wear and tear. Can washing machines cause holes? Overloading the washer not only keeps clothes […]

Can you cut fabric with normal scissors? Normal scissors for general purpose use will struggle to create a clean cut in fabric. Normal scissors have thinner, shorter, and blunter blades than fabric scissors. Can you cut clothes with scissors? Cut along the lines you traced using fabric scissors. Use one hand to hold the fabric […]

To make your own distressed shirt, take a disposable razor and drag across the portions of the shirt you’d like to distress. Finish by using a sharp pair of scissors to cut holes along the seams. Alternatively, drag a cheese grater across the shirt to create lots of small holes and rips. How do you […]

Vivienne Westwood is often cited as punk’s creator, but the complex genesis of punk is also found in England’s depressed economic and sociopolitical conditions of the mid-1970s. How did punk fashion begin? In the 1980s, new fashion styles developed as parallel resurgences occurred in the United States and United Kingdom. What many recognize as typical […]

“Punks ripped up tartan shirts and adapted kilts as an anti-Establishment message in the 1970s, while grunge was an anti-fashion movement and so tartan shirts were worn as they were readily available and common practical wear in Washington State. Do punks wear plaid? Its subsequent association with the aristocracy meant the pattern denoted civility and […]

To dress punk, focus on minimalistic outfits that go against the norm. For example, a generic outfit for a guy would include black jeans, a bullet belt, a leather jacket, leather studs, and a simple T shirt. Girls’ outfits are similar, but can also include patterned shirts and mesh. How do I make my clothes […]

No not personally, men generally find women cute as they are, swamping how you are with oversized clothes kinda hides that. At one time it was very much the ”in” thing. You’ d see practically every girl in school wearing megashirts as minidresses, but that was way, way, way back. 76 or 77, somewhere around […]

Some other ways you can style oversized vintage t-shirts: pairing it with a high waisted skirt. wear as a dress (if it’s long enough) and sneakers. tuck into high waisted jeans, and pair with a leather jacket, and black boots. pair with a mini skirt and chunky sunglasses. pair with a jean jacket and jeans […]

I used my heat press at 310 degrees for 20 seconds and that’s all it needed. An iron should work fine too. This shirt is loose fitting so there’s not much stretch put on the heat transfer vinyl. Can you use Cricut on Dri-Fit shirts? You can now use it on leggings, shirts, swim suits, […]

As a general rule, nonwoven materials don’t fray—certainly not as easily as most woven or knit fabrics. This non-fraying property is one of the main reasons nonwovens are preferred over those easily-fraying counterparts. Does spandex fray when cut? As I mentioned earlier, spandex doesn’t fray, so if you’re going to be wearing boots or gloves […]

Hairspray can work to prevent fraying, but only temporarily. Simply spray a thin and even layer of hair spray across the fabric you want to protect. Can hair spray stop fraying? When there’s no needle threader in sight, reach for a can of hair spray. Spray the end of the thread, then pinch it with […]

The fit is just unbelievably. If it feels tight, it’s supposed to. It’s not supposed to hang off your body; that would ruin the concept of muscle stabilization. So, I would advise not to get a larger size, even though you might think you want to. Is Dri-FIT stretch? It performs with a comfortable stretch […]

Pinking Shears are used for cutting woven cloth. Cloth edges that are unfinished fray very easily– the weave becomes undone and threads begin to fall out. The sawtooth pattern from the Pinking Shears does not prevent fraying, but limits the length of the frayed thread and thus minimizes damage. How do you keep fabric from […]

Spray directly over your embroidery thread to stop fraying and pulling. In addition, it reduces seam failure and material waste and saves labor time. Use to stop fraying of fabric edges on crafts, doll clothes, draperies, upholstered and decoration items. Use this spray to eliminate the need to machine finish edges. Does fray stop wash […]